Georg Wilhelm I of Hanover

Georg Wilhelm I of Hanover (26 January 1624-28 August 1705) was Duke of Hanover and Calenburg from 1648 until his death in 1705. George William was an ancestor of George I of Britain, who was by hereditary right the Prince of Brunswick-Luneburg. He loved uniforms and was both lewd and loose, and Hanover was capable of resisting even Prussia.